Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore second spring start + more...

GOREGEOUS:

MacKenzie Gore struck out two batters in each of his two innings of work in his first start of the spring last Sunday, giving up a pair of singles and one run the second time up in the 26-pitch, 21-strike outing.

Gore, 25, threw four-seamers for 50% of his pitches (13 of 26), averaging 95.9 MPH with his fastball, which got up to 96.6, with five of nine swinging strikes on the pitch (and two each on his curveball and changeup).

“Yeah, if we can do that every time, we’ll be alright,” Gore told reporters after the outing, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, when a reporter noted he recorded his first three outs (two via strikeout) on 10 pitches total.

I really hope this is an approach…